Kent Yuen attained his Bachelor of Dental Surgery and Graduate Diploma in Clinical Dentistry (Oral Implants) from the University of Sydney. He attained a Master of Science in Oral Implants from Frankfurt Germany. By examination, he is a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons. His is trained in both surgical and restoratives aspects of implant dentistry.

He is past president of the Australasian Osseointegration Society. He is clinical senior lecturer in oral rehabilitation at the University of Sydney teaching both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He has been on the planning committee for the Graduate Diploma program since 2002. He has lectured nationally and internationally on various aspects of implant dentistry.

In association with University of NSW he co-ordinated the Oral Surgical Anatomy Course as well as the Oral Implantology course which were held in dissection labs around Australia. His main interest is in simplification of implant dentistry and has been expanding approaches to implant placement and ease of prosthetic restoration with less need for bone grafting.